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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-01
COTTON MARKETS.
Receipts at AN United States Ports
New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. La, Dec. 81 -Cotton-Spot
irregular but QIrtablv unchanged
Lo ordinary, SIC; ordinary. SIC; low
midding, sa4c; MAD ing 91-l6c; g. d mid
ding, Ice middins fair, 9 Is Ice; fair, 1886
sales $500 ba cs
Futures opened and ruled steady. closing
s,roug, 10 points higher han ye terday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-01
= hANUEAUTCkED Bf
y. - BR OWN
Fort worth.

Axe; fair. l5c; prime, 49,; choice,
I51c: pure Rio. lie; pure Java 26c. Importers
are lliug round lot orders for Rio coffees at lac
for ordinary; 145sn for good ordinary: 1t%c for
fair 15l4c for prime; l51sc for choice; l62.c for
pure Rio.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-01
The Coffee Markets.

GALvRsroN,{ TEX, Dec 3l.-Cofee I'M
changed. All local arkets dull on half hol-
day. The wholesale grocers quote cot
ee: Ordinary. 1t4c; good ordinary
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-01
CIV YORK.


GALVESTON, TEX, Dec. 81. Cotton - spot
closed steady and unchanged
Low ordinary, &c; ordinary, !; good ordinary,
Sc, low mi16ling. 5-l6c; middling lo-l6c
good middhng, 5-l6c; midllng fair, 941c.
Gross rec, ipts, 46,54u.
Sales, 1868
Exports 4s3
1877
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-01
Texas Express Company.

The Texas Express company will on
- harry /, '57, open offices on Kansas
Wv extension from Fort Worth to
Gainesville, aud en- Paris extension from
Farmersyille to Honey Grove, Tex, OF
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railroad,
with the following offices:
KYLE, Merit,
Hasiets Sefesse,
Justin, Won Guy,
Gerald, Ladonlo,
Krum, Honey Grove.
Sanger,
Eally View, 50
Gainesville. ..aAsssf ~
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-01

TEXAS EXPRESS CoMPANY's LIST OF OFFICES.
At points marked there ale no agents, aid
freight for such points must be prepaid, with
written instructions to put off at owners risk.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-01

liverpool.

LIVERPOOL. Dec. S1.-Cotton spot closed
steady and unchanged.
ordinary. +1Sd: good ordinary. L, l6d low
m'dd ing, l6d middnng uplands, 5Ed;
middling Orleans sgd.
Total sales, $500: American, 5000; imports,
Is coo; American, $500.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-01
ENGLISH CONsOLS.

LONDON, Dec. 3l-Consols closed lOO l-l6 for
money.
Silver, 1870.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORH, Dec I-Bonds and stocks
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-03

| She desired to 90 on deck with me
and finally consented, meaning to
keep her under the companion. half
way up the ladder.
l took a big top-coat belonging to
| the captain and buttoned her up in it,
and also tied his fur cap ever her head.
so that she would be well protected
from the wind. while the coat would
keep her dress close against her.
then slipped on my oil-skins, and
| taking strong grip of her hand 10
steady her, led her up the companion
| ladder.
''Do not come any farther" said 1.
wherever you go l will CO." she
answered, grasping my arm.
Admitting her courage and stirred
by her words, which were as dear to
me as a kiss from her lips would have
been, l led her right on to the deck
over to windward, and made her sit
on small coil of rope just under the
rail.
The sea was no heavier than 1t had
been since the early morning, and yet
10y short absence below had trans
formed it into a sublime and stupen-
dous novelty.
You will remember that not only
was the GrosvenOr a small ship. but
that she lay deep, with free board
lower by foot and half than she
ought to have shown.
The height from the poop-rail to the
water was not more than twelve feet;
and it is therefore no exaggeratiOn to
say that the sea, running from fifteen
to twenty feet high, stood like walls
on either side of her.
To appreciate the effect ofsuch sea
upon a ship like the Grosvenor, you
must have crossed the Atlantic in 4
hurricane, not in an immense and
powerful ocean steamer, but in a yacht
But even this experience would not
enable yOu to realize our danger; for
the yacht wouldno be overloaded with
cargo; she would probably be strong,
supple and light; whereas the Gros-
venor was choked to the height of the
hold with seven hundred and fifty tons
of dead weight, and was Nova Scotia
soft-woOd ship, which means that she
might start a butt at any moment, and
90 to pieces in one of her frightful
sweeps downward.
l sounded the well and found that
the ship had thus far withStood the
strain and was still perfectly tight.
communicated the news to the boat
swain who nodded his head, but l
noticed his face wore an anxious look
and that he watched the ship very
closely each time she pitched with ex-
ira heaviness.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-03
American Harvesting Machinery in Aus
tralia.

tralia.
Australian papers Just received announce
the award of the National Gold Medal to
AULTMAN, MILLER q Co., of Akron, o., for
their Light Draft Buckeye Folding Binder,
as the result of the National field trial held
in December last. The following, cut from
the Melbourne Argaa Of December 10, 1886,
giving particulars of the contest, will be Of
interest. The Argus says:
The field trial OF reapers and binders III
connection with the National Show at
SheppartOn was held on Tuesday, the 18th
inst, on Mr. Guthrie's farm, about two
miles from Shepparton. Owing to the
pressure of harvest work, crops in all di-
rections being ripe, the attendance of farm
ers did not exceed $50, but great interest
was taken in the proceedings. AS at the
late show, the Judges placed the Hornsby
machine first, NJ Cormick second and the
Woods third; the Buckeye representa-
tive disliked being left out in the cold, and
demanded a field trial as provided by the
rules, the Mccormick also sharing in the
protest; so the prizes were held over pend
ing the field trial. The crop was ripe
wheat, and the land was so rough that
none of the machines could show very low
cutting, and the jolting over the hard clods
was tOlerably severe on horses, machines
and drivers. Two o'clock was the hour fixed
for the trial, but as the buckeye" was the
only machine then ready, delay was
caused ny Inc hOrHSOy anu N OOrnlck
experts giving their machines a pre-
liminary run in the adjoining block of crop,
and start was not made until a quarter
past three. The five judges gave great at
tentiOn to their duties, and were ably sec
onded by the subcommittee, appointed by
the society and the secretary, Mr.. Harold
B. Turnkey. About two acres were allotted
to each machine, and they finished in
the following order: Buckeye" l hour 10
minutes: Hornsby, l hour 10 minutes;
Mccormick, l hour % minutes. The two
latter machines were drawn by three
horses each, while two lighter horses
worked the Buckeye" binder with equal
ease. The decision of the judges was based
on the following scale of points:
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-03
HE GARFIELD FAMILY.
a Glimpse at the Handsome Home nj
Mentor and Its Occupant

1
Mentor and Its Occupant
In five years there have been many
notable changes in the Garfield family.
There have been no deaths, but the
children of whom the father was SO
fond have grown up. The two older
boys have begun a course in the Co
! lumbia College Law School. and Harry,
the elder, has been teaching in some
Eastern school Both are graduates OF
Williams College. James R. Garfield
has been studying law with Judge
Boynton in Cleveland, and is looked
upon by friends of his father as the
son most like him in every way.
He has his fathers size, complexion,
eyes and manner. Both SONS are now
men, and have, it is said, great am
bition. Miss Mollie, the only daughter,
is now young woman taller than her
mother, and has about finished her
studies. The two younger sons,
Abram and Irwin-the latter named
for General Irwin Mcdowell old
enough to enter school OH the Hud-
son, and left home for their duties
there recently. They had never been
away from home alone before.
Since the preliminary education of
Abram and Irwin IN the Cleveland
public schools the mother has had no
further desire to live in city. She
has ordered her mansion in Cleveland
sold and has decided to make her
future home in Mentor. She has here
added to the modest frame house of
her husband Queen Anne" structure
which cost $4,000. 1t is the most i'm
posing home IN the country, although
the new part is behind and wholly sub
servient to the old house in which the
President lived. This still remains the
head and front of the Garfield home,
although remodeled to conform with
the addition. A $4,000 addition to a
$1,000 house is i curiosity in modern
architecture, but sentiment for the
past and its illustrious dead inspired
it. There are probably sixty rooms in
both new and old houses. They are
all furnished in modern style and with
considerable elegance, and there is an
air of aristocracy about the interior
which Garfield did not know in his own
home. Although the house is far in
the country it has all the conveniences
of city home-in plumbing, gas-fit-
ting and steam-heating.
A natural gas well has been bored on
the farm, and the yard is kept lighted
day and night. The main entrance is
through the old house. In the hall
facing the door is Grandma" Gar
fields old wall-sweep clock, which her
husband brought home just sixty years
ago. 1t is still the standard time of
that house, and keeps on ticking just
as it did when the President was born.
To the left is the smoking room, which
is a lounging room for the family,
James being their only one who
smokes. To the right is the old parlor,
now reception room, and rich IN relics
of the dead. 1t was once his study.
Bibles and other books are upon the
tables, and the furniture is much the
the same when the family left for
W ashington.- World.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-03
Shaved with Pumicc Stone.

ever hear of man shaving himself
with a pumice stone?" asked an Ogden
avenue barber of a Chicago Herald re-
porter. There is carpenter over here on
Jane street who has not touched his skin
with razor for six months, yet his face is
always as smooth as q woman's. Three
times week he sits down upon the bench
in his shop, and with piece of pumice
stone held tightly between his index finger
and thumb, he will slowly rasp the stubble
of his chin and chops. He says he can
shave himself in this manner in half the
time it would require him with a razor.
Talk about there being any money in a
long before men will be shaving them
selves with sponges, and cutting their hair
with an egg beaten"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-03
A Rather Delicate Question.

A French witness was asked the Ques-
hon whether he ever went to church He
said 10 the examining counsel, Mr.. P:
HSair, object to answer de kesteon-it 10
not a proper kesteon." The counsel in
sisted, and the witness said: 81 appeal to
your honneur-if it is propair kesteon."
The Judge ruled that the question was a
PROPER one and must be answered, and
thereupon the witness, with utter uncon-
.ciousDess of his blunder, said (conyul-
sing the crowded court with laughter): II
ieaffair from your honneur-if it is not a
proper kesteon; for if / say no dee eyes Of
lie whole court is upon me; if 1 say yes, I
ell lier'
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-03
The Story Of a Wreck.
Thrilling and Romantic Account of
Mutiny at Sea.
BY w. CLARK RUSSELL.
CHAPTER XXIL-COSTISUEO.


WANTED them to bear hand in get
ting rid of the stay-sail, for. with the
wheel hard down, the ship showed a
tendency to fall off. But it was i'm
possible for me to make my voice
heard-I could only wave my hand;
the boatswaIn understood the gesture,
and l say him motion to Cornish to
clear off the forecastle. He then ran
over to leeward and let 90 the foretop-
mast s:aysail sheet and halyards, and.
this done. he could do no more but
take to his heels.
The hullabalOo was frightful-the
laundering of the sails, the swapping
and cracking of the sheets.
Boom, | knew 1t must follow. 1t
was a choice of two evils-to poop the
ship or lose a mast
Down came the top-mast, splinter
ing and crashing with a sound that
rose above the roar of the gale, and in
q minute was swinging against the
snrOud-an awful wreck to behold in
such scene of raging sea and buried
decks.
1t was only by the most desperate
eXertions and gallant efforts that the
bOatswain and Cornish succeeded in
cutting away the rattle that cncum-
bered the decks and threatened the i'm
mediate destruction of the ship. Drawer
and better work than these two men
performed was never seen. And yet
only the day before one of these men
was mutineer, blood-stained already,
and prepared for new murders!
Strange translation! from base
villainy to actions heroicai! But
those who know sailors best will
least doubt their capacity of gauging
extremes.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-03

AT Sag Harbor. Me-, twelve-year-
Did Albert Nickerson daily sits down to
the table with his father and mother,
grandfather and grandmother, and
great-grandfather and two great-gr and
mc.hers.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-03
Judges CMessrs. A. Kinkaid. III,

The Judges (Messrs. A. Kinkaid, H.
Wilkinson, J. Grieve, j. M'Intyre and j.
MGuinness) thus awarded the Buckeye
the first. prize, with the maximum number
Of points; Hornsby second, with %, and
NJ Cormlck third, with 3d. adding that the
work performed was the best they had
ever seen, and their decision vas cheered
by the farmers present.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30
The Old Year and the New.

The new year with its possibilities and re-
.pon.bilities is upon US. The old year Win
its record OF joys and sorrows, triuuphs aud
defeats, adversi,ies and prcsperities vi! soon De
amoug "the days that were" To many OF us,
1887 has fown BY on the wings OF snalloyed
pleasure and uucloud,d prosperity, and this
season only makes the joyous ending OF year
of blessings unmixed Sickness, misfortune
and death may have been constant intruders
into other family circles, and to these the hoi'-
day season may be only the silver lining to the
sable cloud. In the lives Of Others, the present
year has brought alternating sunshine and
storm. But to all. 1888 is as yet an unrsvesied
% stery, an unwrit,en scroll, future pregnant
xith unsolved possibilities. As We stand on
the threshold of the new year it is indeed fitting
that We should sum up the experience OF 1887,
inwardly digest it and prepare TO use it as =
weapon Of defense in our strsgge With the
great problem of ''life, and how 10 live II. =
The more or less carefully We do this, By jus'
10 much the more or lees completely vi We Be
equipped for the surprises and disapPointn.n,s
selves. but " exrsfieSee and cool JUDI ntut are
the helmsnen Of our lives, and the golden rule
our guiding star, ~e will be in little danger o'
sbpwreck. May the new year open brightly
for all our patrons and may gentle breszes wait
their barks over emooth waters into hea'ens OF
happiness and prosperity.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

From all paris Of the country come in-
ouiries 10 know The name OF the lucky Chester
tow individual ~to drew the $500. 900 prize
in the Louisiana loti-Ey. Our postmaster 10
flooded With letters, and one gentsmaa sends
US the official publication announcing that tie
numhar which drew the three hundred thou
50 I'D dollar prize Was held is Chester Town.
Nsrylsnd." These inqsiries have caused some
talk here sud quite . seasstioa among the fe.
rxsr Issue 30 sucu prE. sas oeen uessn 10
Chessertewn. Nor do We believe that such .
prize has been drawn in tha, lottery anyrAe
sise |, is policy Tor these suindling eoneerus
TO locate the ylaees whers their prizes are heid,
but the name Of the Individual holder 10 never
given except il be 6ctiiious The u hole thing
10 q fraud and swindIe Thousands OF people
are do ped by this announcement ths, such .
prize is held in Chestsr;oun before the lie asd
the fraud can be exposed. The State Of Louis
i1na is degraded and her legislators deserve the
exscra,ion OF maakiod Ter allowing ssch 81
infamy 10 exist within Der limits.
We clip the above from the Chesiertoss o
(Kent Co Ntrs. aud as the prize spoken Of
i, the identical $500, 600 which vas expected
10 be won by some lucky Charles eeuniian
Who had taken chances 10 the lottery. ws give
the above item TO show how 6setiog are the
hopes Of life, and further to point a moral of
how foolish and un~ise i, is TO invest money 10
the concern. Place year money where il will
Weld certain returns but we hope that the lot.
,e-y will be hereafter severely escbeved by our
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30
Fires In tho County.


A very destructive FIRE, entailing a heavy
loss on Mr. George l. Chappelear, occurred al
Hug hes VILE about 2 o'clock A NJ, on Christ
mas morning when bis building asd entire
stock of goods was totally destroyed. MT.
Cha ppelear, it will be remembered, bad Purca
ased some time since the large tobacco ware
house in Hughesvile, one end OF which he had
6tted up as a store where be carried on gen.
eral mercantile business, and the rest OF the
building be used for storing tobacco In which
he dealt Mr.. Cbappelear's son and Mr.. John
F. Ticer, an sffieted gentleman Who is almost
incapable of helping himself, narrowly escaped
being burned to death in the building The
| FIRE was first discovered early on Sun @ay morn
| ing by Mrs. Jas. NJ. Bowling whose house faces
the building and who happened to he attend
ing to sick child and was so presented fro"
sleeping She Immediately aroused her hus
band vi ho bastely dressed himself and gave the
alarm to h. neighbors. I'll of W HON FASTENED to
the burning building, hich al that time was
in lig BIT blsz, and b-y ond power exiting uiSh-
ment Aiteution was directed to rese uring
Mr. Tirer and young Chappeiea: who we're got
ten out in safety though ad only in their night
clothe. and not a single garment belonging to
them was saved from the building The en-
tire stock of goods was destroyed together
with the safe ia The store, which contained a
considerable sum Of money, and about 10 600
pounds of tobacco which was stored 10 the
warehouse. The building was soon complete
wreck entaiIin. loss of many thousand dol
lars ou Mr. Chappelear, though We have learned
that be was fully insured for both the eu Hiding
and the stock, incl hiding the tobacco. We hope
this may be true as Mr.. Chappelear met With
similar loss by Ere some years ago in which De
suffered greatly. There is no clse as TO the
origin of the FIRE and our informant says that
the impression prevails among some that 1t Was
the work of incendiary.
A tobacco barn on the farm of the Higges
heirs. in Piccswaxen, was also destroyed by
Gre on Monday night together With about 8, 600
or 10, 900 pounds OF tobacco, belonging TO Jno
Blackiston, the celored tenant, which was
stored iu it. 1t is generally believed that this
was also the work Of an incendiary as the barn
va, some distance from sny Inhabited house,
and there had been ns Ere near 1t during the
day. The tobacco destroyed bad previously
been bill of sailed by the tenant to Mr.. John N.
Page, the agent for the owners Of the property.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30
Local Brevitles.

A Happy New Year to all.
This is the season for n king good reso-
lutions.
The orphans court win meet re1t Tues
day to transact business.
All the churches in the county received
their usual tas!siul Christmas decoration.
Quintoleo-Tbe great Malaria, Fever
and Ague Remedy. Reliable, Sale and
Efficient. Price so cents per bottle. Fol
sale by all Druggists.
See to it that Laxador the golden
remedy for all stomacbIc disorders 10 al
ways in the house. Sold by all druggis,
for 25 cents, package.
Next year will be leap year and oul
girls will have another chance. We would
again remlnA them that we have still one
bachelor in the TINES office.
Miss Lydia Johkens, the recently ap-
pointed postmistress, has forwarded heI
bond tor IS 200 to the Post Office Depart
nent and it has been approved.
There is nothing in the world more
beautiful tnan nhe neaitny OaOy. heck
it so by using DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup
Price 25 cenls bottle.
The mortgagee's sale of personal proper
ty by E. Dudley Turner which was adver
tised for last Tuesday, has been postponed
until tomorrow, the 31st instant.
1t will soon he written with three eighta
A pretty good hand the poker players will
tell you; so we hope it may prove ia
vorable and successful year for all of ou
people.
We regret to learn that the condition q
Miss Nellie Stonestreet, who has been sucl
q patient sufferer from an incurable diseas
for so long a time, has grown more unfa
vorable during the past week.
Our LEGISLATOR will leave for AnnapOIi
mex, Tuesday There will be caucus G
the Democratic members in the Stat
house on that night to select officers TO
the two branches of the Assembly.
We are glad to lie able to report th
continued improvement "f Messrs. Gee
+. Carrico and Mm. Queen, two we
known residents of BryaDtown, both {
whom have been seriously i'll wit
typhoid fever, but who are now out c
danger.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

1t is estimated that oue-third OF the labor
10 this country is done on farms " the whole
exports Of the United States, nearly If not quite
two-thirds. are from sources iu one way or an.
other connected With farm produce. The As
rieulfsralist, speaking on this sut jeci, says:
"The vast Interests represented by farmers as
. class can be understood when II 70 stated tbst
one Il ird of our national wealth is absorbed in
farms, farm animals and buildings. From the
carriage of agricultural products the railroads
throughout the country ssihsr IN very large
percentage OF their Re ceipts.
"a very serious question to be discussed al
this time is that OF farm profits They are
slowly but surely growing smaller. Ten years
ago the farm value of whea, was Sl5 per acre.
Today it is barely Sc. Such a reduction Affects
not the farmer alone. but the entire community
The wheat area is and has bern for the past
eight years 81, 900, 600 acres How far the area
can expand beyond this vast acreage is qass-
ton TO be considered. This fact bearing directly
upon it i. that with the same quantity OF ground
cultivated all The time the financial and produc.
tive return per acre has gradually grown less
"Fifty.tbree million acres OF corn were under
cultivation eight years ago. To-day the acre
age is IS 0OO. .O0o. The yield. however, with
this increase in acreage. Is only l, ,453 900 000
bushels, as sg 4inst ,253, 600, 600 in 1879.
The absve hgures and semew bat startling
facts provide ample food for reflection among 9
those practically Interested in farm affairs. The
causes and the effects upon the incomes OF indi
vidaal., whether they be capitalists or workers
| are a 6t su, ject Tor consideration, With view
| to discovering whether or not remedy existi
applicable BY those whose interests are mos
deeply concerned"